Do you like your handwriting?

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I love my handwriting

11% (4)

I like my handwriting

36% (13)

I am indifferent to my handwriting

19% (7)

I dislike my handwriting

25% (9)

I hate my handwriting

8% (3)

I don't know how to write ... I use computers for everything

0% (0)

Total Votes : 36

(last vote on : 8/2/2008 12:01:40 AM)
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christsstar -> Do you like your handwriting? (7/16/2008 5:29:46 PM)
Well?

slushie -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/16/2008 8:39:18 PM)
I kind of dislike it. It's kind of messy. But the more I write, the better it gets. Of course, right now, I've typed more than I've written, so it probably looks pretty awful.

sunshine4God -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 12:12:14 AM)
No way.It is very messy looking and no matter how hard I try to,I can not manage to write neatly.

WhiteRoseBlessings -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 2:47:58 AM)
Oooh, Christine - great thread! [:D] My print handwriting . . . yes, I like it very much . . . I print in "Small Caps". My cursive handwriting . . . for the most part, I do like it . . . although I think I'm more critical of it than others are. I've also noticed that when I'm using my lap for a writing surface that I do not like my handwriting as much as when I'm actually sitting down at a table or desk. Bonus information . . . not necessarily on-topic, but nonetheless . . . I've had a deep love of words since I first learned how to read and write. Everything about them fascinates me . . . the way letters are formed, the meanings of words, the way words combine to form thoughts . . . everything. I like to look at people's handwritings and compare it to what I know about them. I actually changed my handwriting about 20 or so years ago . . . I had very nice handwriting, but I felt it was static and impersonal, so I changed it to something that I thought was reflective of me. Computers are wonderful, but I also think people are loosing a great deal in no longer having to rely on handwriting. (As a personal example, I have found it much more cathartic to actually take pen in hand and journal on actual paper versus typing my journal onto my laptop. Conversely though, when I'm writing my blog entries, I find it a much smoother thought process to type without first handwriting what I want to convey - go figure). I recently purchased a fabulous book, "Just Write - The Art of Personal Correspondence". I had been wanting to get back into actually sending hand-written notes to people (versus email), and it was just the catalyst that I needed to do so. I think letter and note writing are quickly becoming a lost art; an art that is very valuable to human interconnection. As to my calligraphy . . . I unabashedly admit that I really do love it. [sm=icon_smile_approve.gif] [sm=redhairsmile.gif]

uncabeeil -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 8:44:02 AM)
I don't really care too much about my handwriting since nobody usually sees it except me. I'm a natural leftie, but was sentenced to Catholic school in the 60's. They believed at that time that left handed people were an abomination and forced me to learn to write with my right hand. As a result, my cursive is horrible. Even I have a hard time reading it. So I print everything. That's at least semi-legible.

slushie -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 9:24:14 AM)
I write letters to people and it improves my handwriting. [:D]

christsstar -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 9:49:42 AM)
I was wondering if Shar-Mar would respond here. [;)] There are a few CWers who have absolutely WONDERFUL handwriting. My standard writing is a half-print, half-cursive sort of thing. I hate it. It's usually neat enough to be leigible, but it's not pretty and it's inconsistent. I prefer to write on lined paper to increase my consistency, but it's still not great. My boss, conversely, had LOVELY handwriting. Doesn't matter how fast he writes or what kind of paper he's using, his handwriting is really nice. So I see his little notes all over the place and get inspired to write better. I've been making a very conscious effort to write more neatly. It is hard work. He's an artist at heart, and I think that's why his handwriting is so neat. I've thought about sitting down at a table with a pencil and paper in hand and work on my penmanship. Just write something. Just to practice. I've yet to do it. I wonder if it would relax me after a long day too. Re: letters/notes/etc, vs. computer ..... because I don't like my handwriting, I don't like to write letters to people. I do enjoy cards though. When I have something big to write, I usually start at the computer. But I take notes by hand. And I edit by hand. I have a hard time thinking on the computer sometimes, so if I outline by hand and then transpose it to computer, I do better. But that's a different topic. Shar-Mar ... how exactly did you CHANGE your handwriting? Was it a completely different style? Related topic: do you write better in pen or pencil? And what kind of pen - ballpoint, gel, rollerball, marker, etc.

uncabeeil -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 12:40:56 PM)
quote: Related topic: do you write better in pen or pencil? I immediately thought of Charlie Brown and the trouble he had writing with a pen. I write best with a keyboard. [8D]

42servehymn -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 8:09:28 PM)
I have dreadful handwriting. I write exactly like both of my brothers but my sister and both parents don't write like us. That convinces me that it is a genetic thing. I always make my husband write out cards that we give out so the recipient can actually read it.

karlie -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 8:11:36 PM)
I like my handwriting really well when I take my time. I don't always do that though! I always write with a pen unless I am taking notes in class...then I use a pencil.

christsstar -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 9:13:52 PM)
Karlie ... I LOVE your handwriting.

karlie -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 9:25:41 PM)
awwww, thanks Christine [:)]

bzirk -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 9:29:14 PM)
I'm indifferent to my handwriting, but that's not to say it's good. It's kind of messy. Not horrible, but not good. I really appreciate people who have nice handwriting. My mother-in-law has great handwriting. It's a pleasure to read it. My mother's handwriting is pretty good too. But they both remember being drilled on penmanship, and I just don't remember too much penmanship being taught when I was in school.

bzirk -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 9:33:16 PM)
My dad's handwriting was another story. He was a lefty and was totally indifferent to his handwriting. My dad's four siblings also had horrible handwriting. They were all lefties, but were forced to write with their right hands. All of them were somewhat ambidextrous as a result. By the time my dad was school age, the school had stopped this practice, so he never wrote with his right hand, but his writing was pretty atrocious. He wrote with his hand almost completely turned toward his arm. It looked horribly uncomfortable.

Miss Giggles -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 9:50:01 PM)
I had very nice handwriting. Now I type most everything. I bought calligraphy pens and they are fun to play with. But I'm not good enough to do it professionally.

humbleinspirit -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 9:50:48 PM)
I am a lefty and had issues in high school when I wrote with erasable ink. [8D] I first started cursive hand-writing back in 2nd grade, I was ahead of my time in my class! Anyway, my handwriting is ok, but I always seem to make my R's the wrong way. Instead of the smooth second top, I make it pointed intead! Oh well.

BeckeyZ -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/17/2008 9:54:07 PM)
When I'm writing for a more serious purpose, a letter or a card, etc....I can write very well. But I tend to get lazy on things like grocery lists and notes to myself, so those are generally more messy.

Ronnizzle -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/19/2008 1:32:26 PM)
my printing is cool, i like it, but my cursive on the other hand is not so pretty. i print everything so that's why my cursive is so bad...one problem with my printing is my e's cause i do kind of a curly cue sorta thing and so they look like a cursive i and e....it's hard to explain. i write equally well with pens/pencils and i have no real preference to what kind of pen. although the pencil would preferably be mechanical.

cherish405 -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/21/2008 10:53:49 AM)
I'm indifferent to my writing. I write better than I used to, but I like other writing better.

_MavericK_ -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/21/2008 11:44:59 AM)
my handwritings so bad, I can't even read it. My best friend says its a lot like me -- impulsive, exuberant, and everywhere at once. He can talk. His writing's gorgeous. [sm=aside.gif]

AlwaysR8chel -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/21/2008 5:08:28 PM)
. . . . ..... I voted I like my handwriting.... For the most part... I like it.... when I'm able to take my time! [8\|] Although.... when I get in a hurry.... it starts looking like several people were writing.... at the same time! [8D] I love writing to my inmates.... I try my best to write handwritten letters and only send computer printed letters if they are devotionals or a newsletter....

Kyrillos -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/21/2008 10:46:04 PM)
I voted dislike, as I am also a lefty and hence have lived a life of messy smudges and annoying but well-meaning relatives trying to make me right-handed. My handwriting's saving grace is that it's at least somewhat smaller than average, which gives it a somewhat uniform and tidy appearance, even if the actual letter-forms are never all that consistent. My Russian handwriting is similarly atrocious...which is sad, really, because I learned that completely academically, unlike writing in my native language which developed somewhat organically (since I was raised in an English and Spanish environment, not Russian). Much to my shame, I never learned to write in cursive, which is apparently the ONLY form used in day to day (non-media) communications in Russia/ex-USSR. I can read it fine, but I can't reproduce it, and I'm told that any adult in Russia who cannot write in cursive would be taken as somewhat...mentally limited. Sooo...guess where I'm never going! [sm=icon_smile_sad.gif] Incidentally, I may be redeeming myself when I start Arabic classes in the fall. I have always had a fantasy of learning a language that is written right-to-left so that I could see how my handwriting might be when I don't have to worry about smudging everything. I wonder if it will be neater, "prettier", more uniform, or...well, I don't know what! I guess I'll know soon enough. It helps that the Arabic script is already aesthetically pleasing to me, of course.

christsstar -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/22/2008 10:26:19 AM)
How similar is the russian alphabet to the English (Latin) Alphabet??? I'm curious how similar their cursive is to ours. Arabic would be a totally different can of worms for handwriting, as they use a completely different alphabet too. My handwriting is so inconsistent, I'd be afraid to write in a symbolic language. What if I didn't curl it right and wrote a bad word instead????

Kyrillos -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/22/2008 2:55:06 PM)
It is about as similar as the English and the Greek, since the developers of the first Cyrillic alphabet, Cyril and Methodius (from whom I took my user name, since I chose St. Cyril as my saint for my confirmation [:)]), were Byzantine Greeks, so the two share a great many similarities. In fact, I can read Greek thanks to my knowledge of Cyrillic (and any other language written in the alphabet, with varying degrees of difficulty: Azeri, Mongolian, Uzbek, etc), I just usually have no idea what I'm reading. The trouble I find in reproducing Russian cursive isn't any one particular letter-form (though some are much more divergent from their print versions than in the English case, or very easily confusable with one another), but finding natural connecting points between various letters. Russian allows many consonant combinations that are not allowed in English (vn-, vst-, stv-, gv-, etc), making cursive Russian a bit more of an artform than a science. I am actually thinking that Arabic might be a bit easier in this regard, since it's always cursive - the letters are never disconnected. So you just need to memorize the slightly different letter-forms as they appear based on their place within the word (initial, medial, or final) and you should be set (at least according to a friend of mine who has studied Modern Standard Arabic for the past two years). Far more of a challenge will be reading everyday Arabic, where vowels are not indicated as they are in learner's or religious texts, but instead infered from context.

christsstar -> RE: Do you like your handwriting? (7/22/2008 2:58:59 PM)
Very interesting. You are talented in languages. How many do you understand? how many do you speak? HOw many can you read?

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